User Name: VaNsInGeRName: Miko LycustAge: 18Race: HumanAbilities: can control natureWeakness: N/ALikes: soup, daisy, natureDislikes: polutionDescription: Miko doesn't know her past. she just know that her father Dr. Jiro is taking care of her, and loves her. she doesn't use her powers often instructed by her dad. she was just then enrolled by Dr. Jiro to the school.Clubs: Nature club.Character Picture:

Character picture:User Name: KaisutoName: Jean GrekikuAge: unknownRace: PhantomAbilities: Ability swipe(taking the ability of others by mind controlling them)Weakness: N/A (vunerable to link attacks or group combo's)Likes: N/ADislikes: All forms of life other than phantomsDescription: Jean is a student from the rivaling school. he wants to destroy everyone in the school and will stop at nothing to destroy it.Clubs: N/aRp: school of the gifted

USER NAME: c4123nCHARACTER NAME: Aozora HisagiGENDER: MaleJOB/CLASS: Main Character (woohoo), studentSPECIESS: humanABILITY: Circle Rune, sleep once he close his eyes :) WEAKNESS: UndecisiveLIKES: Mi-chan, sleep, mathDISLIKES: His mission (Save the world :shock:)CHARACTER APEARENCE: Brownish red short hair, green eyesAGE: 17HISTORY:Hisagi is just an ordinary student that loves to skip math class and sleep at the school backyard. He had not been sleeping well lately since he always saw a strange dream where he met a strange fortune teller that kept talking about fate and destiny. He stumbled into a crystal that contains the Circle Rune, one of the 27 True Runes, which chose him as its bearer. After the rune embedded itself on hisagi's right hand, hisagi fainted and was transported to another world and met his destiny...

RP: SUikoden RP--The Final Suikoden

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User Name: ELIE-3173Name: Oda MegumiAge: 40Race: HumanOccupation: Housekeeper of the Fujitani householdAbilities: Housekeeping, organizing the workforce, inspecting the workers' tasks and disciplining the other workersWeakness: The Fujitanis, especially Akira and Arika as she looked after them, Obsession with cleanliness and in order.Likes: Things to be clean and organized.Dislikes: Sloppy work, mess and dirt, people who appear to have no proper discipline.Description: Oda Megumi normally referred to as Oda-san, is the housekeeper of the Fujitani household and she was the nanny of the Fujitani twins until she was promoted to housekeeper when the formal housekeeper retired. Fujitani is a very serious person and wants everything to be perfect.

Rp: school of the gifted

User Name: ELIE-3173Name: Osawa MarikoAge: 21Race: HumanOccupation: MaidAbilities: Causing trouble, optimistic and finds pleasure in almost everythingWeakness: Cute guys, Oda-san Likes: Cute guys, going on dates, playing pranksDislikes: Work, not having money Description: Osawa Mariko is a cheerful, young girl who is currently working as a maid in the Fujitani household after she failed her University entrance exams for the third time. Despite all that had hapened, Mariko is still very optimistic.[spoiler][img]http://illiweb.com/fa/pbucket.gif[/img][/spoiler]Rp: school of the gifted

User Name: ELIE-3173Name: Ito JunichiroAge: 24Race: HumanOccupation: DriverAbilities: Driving skills, karate black belt, athleticWeakness: Fujitani twins especially Arika (?)Likes: Sports, cars and Fujitani Arika (?)Dislikes: Bullies, men who hit females and his first name, Junichiro.Description: Ito Junichiro is one of the drivers in the Fujitani household. He started working with the Fujitani after he graduate from high school when he was 18 and was assigned to be the Fujitani twins' driver. The Fujitani twins are Ito's weakness. Akira, the elder twin is strong willed and mischievious when Ito tried to talk her out of it, she'll argue her way until Ito is left speechless. Ito seemed to be very fond of Arika (?)and Akira always used that knowledge against him. Although Ito may sometimes look like a strict and cold person, he is actually very nice and friendly.

((For the (?) parts...to be confirm, see how things turn out )Appearances: [spoiler][img]http://illiweb.com/fa/pbucket.gif[/img][/spoiler]RP: school of the gifted

((Updated Jan 11,2009. Still can't find pictures for Oda-san >_<))

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Hayo, i would like to join adventure RP again. and im making some new characters.

USER NAME: ~Aya~CHARACTER NAME: Ellasviel Von Eiveren (Ella)GENDER: FemaleJOB/CLASS: MagicianSPECIES: ElfABILITY: can control and use elements especially water, can see everything with her crystal ball, can tell futures by just reading the persons hand, knows every history of cities, towns and lands. other powers will show on the RP.CHARACTER APPEARANCE: AGE: looks like 18-20 but has lived for decades. HISTORY: Ellasviel Von Eiveren was the only daughter of a human and a elf, she was then cast away by both races because they thought she was an abomination to them, she was then thrown away, because of her high magical power and intelligence she managed to take care of herself. when she turned 6 nuns from a convent found her and took care of her till she turned 18, after a few years the nuns noticed that she wasn't getting old so they cast her away. she then ended up on a small temple, a historian then found her and took care of her, and tached her about history, then the historian died she then continued the historians work. present day she travels around telling fortune to people.RP'S NAME: Adventure RP

Hi Aya,

I hope it's ok if you hold off on entering the RP again. I'll send you a PM as soon as I get some information. Thanks. ~phoenix

USER NAME: c4123nCHARACTER NAME: HIbari Taiyomi, nickname: Mi-chanGENDER: FemaleJOB/CLASS: Queen of FalenaSPECIESS: humanABILITY: Sun Rune, ActingWEAKNESS: Lies a lot makes her in lots of troubleLIKES: Her lessons, people's praise, being the center of interestDISLIKES: Wearing her formal gown as Falenan QueenCHARACTER APEARENCE: Long, light brown hair, golden eyes, yellowish white skin.AGE: 17HISTORY:Mi-chan is the top-of-the-class student at Hisagi's school. Everybody saw her as a perfect human. She was actually acts through everything. Her elegant attitude and courtesy was all fake. She likes to be loved by everyone so she did the best she could. Even so, she is not a bad girl though...One day, her classmate Hisagi disappeared from the class. everybody did not remember him except Mi-chan. She went to school backyard where Hisagi usually spent his time during math lesson and found a portal to another world. She was absorbed into the portal and found herself in the city of SOl-Falena, the capitol of the Queendom of Falena. The QUeendom was in ruin since the last queen had just died and there was no rightful successor on the line to the throne. Mi-chan lost her way in the city and was caught by the palace guard. She was brought to the throne room and was about to be judged by the late queen's brother when the crystal in that room shone. The crystal contained the SUn RUne, one of 27 true runes and the treasure of Falena, which chose Mi-chan as its rightful bearer. Since the queendom was prophecied to be led by someone who was able to bear the sun rune, Mi-chan was coronated Queen of Falena.

USER NAME: c4123nCHARACTER NAME: Calahazar FalenasGENDER: MaleJOB/CLASS: Prince of Falena, the Commander of the QUeen's KnightsSPECIESS: humanABILITY: Twilight rune, high sense of responsibility, great swordsmanWEAKNESS: Stone headed, think to much aheadLIKES: His sister (she's already dead), his mother country (The Queendom of Falena)DISLIKES: An outsider replacing his sister as Queen (Mi-chan...)CHARACTER APEARENCE: Long silvery blond hair made into ponytail, cobalt blue, sharp eyes. He wears thin circlet which was the royal family's heirloom and black kimono with golden triangles on some points (queen's knight uniform)AGE: 24HISTORY:Born prince of Falena. His younger sister was coronated queen of Falena when she was just 10 years old. He helped her sister to lead the Queendom by becoming QUeen's Knight commander when he was 17, a position honored to the Queen's husband. He was chosen since the queen was too young to marry and he was competent enough for the position. he really loves his sister, too bad that she died so young in the age of 17. There was no successor to the throne and male was not allowed to sit on the throne. He worked hard to keep the queendom from chaos until the prophecy of the queendom was stated bya sage. the sage said that the next queen would be chosen by the sun rune, the treasure of Falena. The one who was chosen to be sun rune bearer will be the queen and Mi-chan came. Cal hated Mi-chan not because he wanted the right to be King, but because he thought Mi-chan did not have the right to replace his beloved sister and lead his beloved country. Cal bore the twilight rune, another treasure of Falena that kept the sun rune from driving its bearer crazy.

USER NAME: c4123nCHARACTER NAME: Rodney LightvollenGENDER: MaleJOB/CLASS: Queen's Knight, Queen's personal bodyguardSPECIESS: humanABILITY: dawn runeWEAKNESS: too kind, too soft heartedLIKES: working as a queen's knightDISLIKES: maybe nothing...CHARACTER APEARENCE: wavy short blond hair, aqua eyesAGE: 15HISTORY:He was an orphan taken in by Calahazar's late father, the former commander of QUeen's Knight, and had been very grateful to him ever since. he was trained to be a queen's knight since young age. His ability as a knight was underestimated by the other knights except Cal who chose him to be the queen's personal bodyguard. the other knights envied him so much, saying that he got his position only because he was close with Cal and his father. Rodney proved them wrong when the dawn rune, another treasure of Falena which was on the same level as the twilight rune, chose him as its bearer.

USER NAME: c4123nCHARACTER NAME: Zashta LielimGENDER: FemaleJOB/CLASS: Queen's Knight, QUeen's personal bodyguardSPECIESS: humanABILITY: Awesome martial artist, good with wild dragon-horse and is able to ride themWEAKNESS: BeaversLIKES: Mi-chan, CalDISLIKES: BeaversCHARACTER APEARENCE: Long black hair tied up at one side of her head, grey eyesAGE: 17HISTORY:She joined the dragon cavalry when she was six, but she quitted when she was recruited to be a queen's knight. she is crushing on Calahazar and also Rodney's only friend.

USER NAME: c4123nCHARACTER NAME: Roxette van TrianovallenGENDER: MaleJOB/CLASS: Zexen Knight military strategistSPECIESS: half vampire half humanABILITY: wielding zodiac sword (an incarnation of night rune), all vampire abilities, wielding gunWEAKNESS: his limiterLIKES: nothingDISLIKES: his fatherCHARACTER APEARENCE: Very long silver hair, pale white skin. Eye color depends on mood, mostly golden. Wearing rustic black coat over ruffle shirtAGE: 112HISTORY:His mother was human and father was a vampire. his father killed his mother since she did not let Rox joined with his father's evil plan to overthrow the current coven mistress of Blue Moon Village. He really hated his father ever since and was seeking revenge. He fought his father once and was almost killed. his father thought he is dead, but actually Rox was rescued by the captain of Zexen Knight, Sir Galahad. He worked for the Knightdom to return his favor and found his bliss by getting around the other knights.

Full Name: Lairo B'narginNick Name/Alias: Laird, Age: 19Personality/Traits:He gets mad pretty easily, he is also a good archer and has a keen eyeon his surroundings. He is also a strong-willed ranger. Mostimportantly, he is shy when women approach him but becomes confidentafter a while.Zodiac: VirgoLife standard: NormalRace: VieraWeapon: Rune BowSkill: -Gaze of the Void-Clairvoyance-Piercing Shot-Arrow Splash-TsunamiMagic: Black MagicClass: Ranger MageNation: WaterLand/City/Village: City of EpardermasBio/History:Before he became a ranger, he was once a farmer in his homeland. Duringthe chaos, he lost his family and his children. For five years he livedalone as an orphan. During those years he practiced the skill ofarchery. After a year, he realized his powers of the water. He tried toapply magic with archery. Many people seen his abilities, especiallyhis clairvoyance, which became an inspiration to his friends. He wasappointed as ranger of the forests and the mountains in the territoryof his kingdom. At the same time, became a ranger mage for hisapplication of archery to magic.

AGE: 25HISTORY: Before he dies, Zane was a rich senator in Lessire but although he had money and good looks, no lady was ever interested in him. When he became a vampire, he focused on sucking the blood of beautiful, young ladies. RP'S NAME: Adventure RP

User Name: ~Aya~Name: Ella RavenAge: 18Race: Unknown, looks like a normal humanAbilities: Talk(makes people talk and answer all her question, more of a persuasion power. she can also control people with talking) Camouflage(makes herself part of a color or pattern of anything she sticks on) Air talk (can talk and control all creatures of the air) can control air element.Weakness: Unknown (soon to be reveled)Likes: Red Roses.Dislikes: (will show in RP)Description: Ella was once a student of the rival school, the story of her being removed from the school is still unclear, she then decided to move to the school, her reason of moving is because the school looks cool, welcoming and looks like she could learn more here, or as she says, her background story is still shady. little is know about her could she be a new friend or a new enemy.Clubs: Fashion Club (replacing Sophie for vice president)

AGE: 15 HISTORY: Kisara is a shy, pretty sensitive girl. The least scary thing can scare her off, making her incredibly innocent and cute. She loves cute, fluffy things and can be a bit naughty and troublesome at times.

She comes from a middle-class Japanese family who lives in Tokyo. Has been in Kandinsky school for two years so far.RP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

USER NAME: LoveCHARACTER NAME: Tulips GENDER: FemaleJOB/CLASS: Kisara's To be companion and guardianSPECIES: Fairy ABILITY: She can use various magic spells like: 'Sleeping Dust' - Once in a battle and it can make an enemy fall asleep for 20 seconds.'Light of Red Roses' - An attack that can be used to attack one enemy.'Howling Wind's Roses' - An attack that affects every enemy.She can also control the power of plants and can talk to animals. CHARACTER APPEARANCE:

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AGE: Well, she is a fairy so I can't really tell an age. lolHISTORY: Tulips is a little fairy and one of the creatures sealed inside the Plutos. She is a sweet fairy that likes using the power of air and nature.RP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

AGE: UnknownHISTORY: A Creature sealed inside the plutos. (not got a history yet)

RP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

(Ive not decided on my other character just yet, so please bear with me ^^; )

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Subject: Re: Register your RP's Character! Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:06 am

USER NAME: xWestieCHARACTER NAME: MiakoGENDER: FemaleJOB/CLASS: School StudentSPECIES: Human x3 ABILITY: NoneCHARACTER APPEARANCE: Pale Lilac hair with bright blue eyes.. wears a long purple and silver ribbon around her head which trails down her back. (Not yet decided clothes)AGE: 17HISTORY: (undecided)Personality: Usually pretty quiet, but isn't afraid to tell what she's thinking if she needs to. Can become hyper & highly talkative when she gets to know people well enough x3 Highly emotional & sometimes gets upset easily, but tries not to show it unless its reall bothering her.Likes to help out others where possible.RP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

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USER NAME: KaisutoCHARACTER NAME: KaiGENDER: MaleJOB/CLASS: UnknownSPECIES: HumanABILITY: He's a overacheiver(no powers but he's a smart athletic kid)CHARACTER APPEARANCE: (the guy in thr front ignore the other 2)AGE: 16 (going on 17)HISTORY: Kai is a average kid just trying to get by his everyday life, some view him as mr perfect but dont see the anguish and sadness he has buried away inside his heart, to deal with pain he studied and did extra circular activitiesRP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

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Team Name: Dreamless (Written on their collarbones, just near left shoulder)Names: Aeria Yuuko & Kaosu YumeAges:17 & 18Genders:Female & male Fighter:KaosuSacrifice:AeriaFighting Style: Word Spells -- Their main ability is to cause enemies to experience things from their darkest nightmares, in order to distract them through fear.Personalities:~*Aeria: Appears to be pretty quite at first glance,but is pretty talkative when she gets to know people. Quite intelligent, but does tend to hide her feelings alot and can be quite sensitive. As her team name may suggest, she has trouble sleeping at night due to nightmares caused by her past... though she doesn't like to share things about her past with others. ~*Kaosu: Almost the complete of Aeria. Loud; confident, and isnt afraid of showing how he feels and whats he thinking. Also quite intelligent, but Aeria is the most knowledgable of the two. Can be quite mischevious, but doesn't usually mean harm to anyone but his enemies.Appearances:~*Aeria: Aeria has rather long, pale lilac colour hair with bright blue eyes. She wears a long, purple & silver ribbon across her forehead which wraps loosely around her hair & trails down her back. Often wears a long sleeved white top with the kanji for "Dream" in silver on the top right of her chest, and dark blue jeans. Her jeans have a large silver butterfly on the top of her right leg. She wears a thin purple and silver scarf wrapped around her neck which then trails down her front and back. However these are just her fav clothes (although they are plain); she has many other outfits.

~*Kaosu: Kaosu has shoulder length black hair, with green eyes. He often wears a white T-shirt. On the left side of his chest is the kanji for "nightmare" in silver. Wears black jeans with a silver eagle on the back left pocket.My REALLY bad pic of them; (Hoping my friend will have a better pic for me sometime soon.)Historys:~*Aeria: Aeria's childhood still causes her pain to this day. Her parents died when she was very young, and was taken in by another family. However, she often suffered abuse from this family. Eventually, she managed to escape, and befriend Kaosu, who she now stays with. (I will elaborate on this more when I think of it). She felt drawn to Kaosu when she first met her, and they bonded quickly. They soon learned that they were a team.Aeria thinks of Kaosu as her older brother. Although he annoys her sometimes, she would do almost anything for him.~*Kaosu: Kaosu is just an average teenager. He befriended Aeria when he found her living out on the streets, and offered for her to stay with him and his family.Interesting Facts:Team Quote:"We will awaken your darkest fears and create a world of nightmares. We will cause you pain and chaos through our terrifying illusions. We are DREAMLESS."

USER NAME: ELIE-3173CHARACTER NAME: Kobayashi YukihimeGENDER: Female JOB/CLASS: Student at Kandinsky School SPECIES: Human ABILITY: Playing the violin and piano, ballroom dancing, tea ceremony, flower arrangements, calligraphy and other skills that are expected of a lady of a traditional Japanese noble family.CHARACTER APPEARANCE:

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AGE: 16 HISTORY: Though Yukihime may not be of a royal or noble family, sheis the only daughter of the Kobayashi Corporations' General Manager, Kobayashi Kenichi who was rumoured to be in the favor of the current President to inherit his position as the company's president. Due to her family background, Yukihime has always been surrounded by people who try to gain the favor of Yukihime and the Kobayashis for their own selfish goals. Even from a young age, Yukihime has even witness some of her relatives plotting against each other while trying to gain favor of the family head and president of the corporation, Kobayashi Kinta, Yukihime's grandfather. Thus, Yukihime has a pessimistic view of human nature and finds it hard to trust people around her. She never reveal her true self or feelings but instead she puts up a cold front as a cold and sacarstic "Ice Princess" who has no mercy for others. She is feared by many as they do not wish to upset a member of the influential Kobayashis.

RP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

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USER NAME: ELIE-3173CHARACTER NAME: HerbertGENDER: FemaleJOB/CLASS: Soon to be Guardian and companion to Kobayashi YukihimeSPECIES: AngelABILITY: Herbert is able in armed sword fight and possess several special attacks:'Raging wheel of fire" : A fire attack in which a rotating wheel of fire is thrown at its opponents, the wheel's movement can be control by its user.'Light of the redeemer': A blinding light attack that engulfs its opponent in light."Rush of the waterfall" : A water-based attack that resembles the mighty flowing waterfall. Herbert also has a magical harp which he can use to bring healing or soothe the souls of human and creatures through his music. In battle, the harp can also be use to make opponents sleep by playing a lullaby, effectiveness of the attack depends on opponent's susceptibility towards the song.

CHARACTER APPEARANCE:

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AGE: Unknown.HISTORY: Herbert was a warrior angel before he was chosen to be reborn as one of the guardian creatures in Fantasia. He is gentle, cheerful, and a fun creature who tries to brightens everyone's day. Being fated to be Kobayashi Yukihime's guardian will make Herbert's duty a challenge as the two have opposing personalities.RP'S NAME: World of Fantasia: Little Guardians

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Subject: Re: Register your RP's Character! Mon Mar 23, 2009 8:37 am

User Name: phoenixgirlCharacter Name: Elizabeth SchofieldGender: FemaleJob/Class: Police Officer of Caracas CitySpecies: Human Ability: Deductive reasoning and quick reflexesCharacter Appearance: Medium stature with medium length wavy brown hair and blue eyesAge: 18History: Elizabeth first met Chief Police Officer Wallace several years ago when he investigated a crime involving her parents' disappearance. Wallace eventually found out what happened to them and his resolution in that case inspired Elizabeth to become a police officer. RP’s Name: Mystery of the Golden Chalice

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Thank you for making my new set, Love. ^^

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Subject: Re: Register your RP's Character! Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:16 am

USER NAME: phoenixgirl

CHARACTER NAME: Ryan O'Connell

GENDER: Male

JOB/CLASS: Sorcerer/Wielder of the Dark Arts

SPECIES: Human

ABILITY: Can use dark magic, put victims under his spell and hypnotize them

CHARACTER APPEARANCE: Looks like Bryan so yup, Bryan's twin.

AGE: 25

HISTORY: Ryan was born on the same day as Bryan. However, after Ryan was born, his parents thought that they saw some flaw in him, for he had a disfigurement on his arm that made his appearance unpleasant towards the outside world. So the parents left Ryan in the care of a poor orphanage and raised Bryan all alone.

Ryan has recently discovered this history and is now seeking revenge on Bryan.

RP'S NAME: Adventure RP

(I was going to introduce Ryan in the RP today but seeing that Yuu is back for a while, I'll hold off a bit. ^^)

I thought that I have a bunch of characters who haven't been registered, so I will start registering them one by one. I'll begin with Sia.

USERNAME: Miss Nile

CHARACTER NAME: Lisianthus Fierswan, and goes by the name Sia.

GENDER: Female

JOB/CLASS: Queen of The Gods' World

SPECIES: God

ABILITY: Is very athletic and is good at sports. An excellent cook, but isn't really good at anything else. Not into reading or drawing, and her magic abilities are rather limited. She is a pretty good fencer though, and also enjoys playing the guitar.

PERSONALITY: Very enthusiastic and easy-going, is open to make a conversation with anybody. Likes outdoor activities and doesn't really enjoy being the queen. Although she is very cheerful most of times, she is also sensitive and if she gets upset, she breaks down badly. However, she rarely does so and is usually stronger than she looks, with a high sense of responsibility.

CHARACTER APPEARANCE:

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AGE: 19

HISTORY: Lisianthus was happy in her childhood as a princess, but as the war broke down and both of her parents died, she was announced queen. Lived on that for three years before she decided to find her cousin and take her powers, but eventually gave up as she fell in love with Nerine's husband, Alex.

Unable to be with him despite that he returns her love, she went back to the gods' world, resisting her people persuading to get married.

RP'S NAME: Romance RP

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USER NAME: phoenixgirl

CHARACTER NAME: Matthew Detterres

GENDER: Male

JOB/CLASS: Doctor/Healer

SPECIES: Human

ABILITY: Advanced medical knowledge and advanced healing

CHARACTER APPEARANCE: Darkish blue hair and piercing green eyes.

AGE: 25

HISTORY: Matthew is a longtime friend of Bryan and Alex and his father is the current family doctor for Alex's family. Matthew's father is grooming Matthew (Matt for short) to take over as doctor. He is of noble birth although his family has always had more interest in taking care of the sick and injured.